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March/Apri/1979 3 about this issue The article by Freda Salzman in this issue traces The article by Frank Bove ts a brief summary of the biological determinism from 19th century Social Dar­ status of solar technology, and it critiques current winism and the Eugenics movement of the 1920's to ~nd proposed government strategy. The article demon­ present day sociobiological theories. Recent sociobiolo­ strates how capitalism misdirects and inhibits solar gical writings, both in academic and popular spheres, development despite its enormous potential. Short-term are examined and the uses of sociobiology in maintain­ reforms are suggested to initiate a more rapid and more ing social stratification and oppression are documented. rational transition to solar energy under our present Human sociobiology is exposed for what it is: political capitalist system. As Bove argues, these reforms are ideology and not science. Although this article explores necessary, since the longer we wait, the more difficult the consequences of this fact, its emphasis on metho­ and expensive it becomes to introduce a~ternative tech­ dological criticism could be counterproductive.